Definitions for muggins

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Spelling: [muhg-inz]

IPA: /ˈmʌg ɪnz/

Muggins is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 102 anagrams from letters in muggins (ggimnsu).

Definitions for muggins

noun

1. a convention in the card game of cribbage in which a player scores points overlooked by an opponent.
2. a game of dominoes, in which any player who can make the sum of two ends of the line equal five or a multiple of five adds the number so made to his or her score.
3. British Slang. a fool.

Origin of muggins

First recorded in 1850-55; probably special use of proper name; def. 3 by association with mug

Examples for muggins

Buck and muggins were patterns of discretion through the rest of the mountains.

Buck, he explained to me, was a good horse, and so was muggins.

When muggins keeps his "willa;" and when a beggar gets on horseback.

“Ditto,” said muggins, nodding his head and buttoning his jacket.

"muggins's Fork," some stockman said he heard it called a month ago.

By the way, I wonder if we hadnt ought to have left some money for Mr. muggins?

But Mr. muggins was obstinate, and would not listen to reason.

That stuff Mrs. muggins sent us was all right, but there wasnt enough of it.

The consequences were severe on some of the men, particularly on muggins.

Larry,” said muggins, “I think we have got into the doldrums.